M-142 (Michigan highway)

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M-142

Maintained by MDOT

Length:

39.27 mi^[1] (63.20 km)

Formed:

1974

South end:

M-25 near Bay Port

Major
junctions:

M-53 in Bad Axe

North end:

M-25 in Harbor Beach

Counties:

Huron

Michigan highways
< US-141		M-143 >

M-142 is a state highway route in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a "trans-peninsular" route in that it travels from Bay Port on Saginaw Bay to Harbor Beach on Lake Huron, thereby crossing the thumb peninsula.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Route description

M-142 begins in Fairhaven, just a few miles south of Bay Port at an intersection with M-25. From there, the road travels east to Pigeon where the route turns briefly south before resuming its eastward trek. The road then continue eastward through Elkton and Colfax before reaching M-53. M-142 is then routed with M-53 to the town of Bad Axe. M-53 and M-142 part ways when M-53 travels off west and south while M-142 continues on eastward. Shortly after, M-142 meets up with M-19 at it's northern terminus just east of Bad Axe. From here, the route continues on east, finally coming to its eastern terminus in Harbor Beach at a junction with M-25, once again.

[edit] History

In 1939, portions of M-83 were returned to local control, which would have resulted in a discontinuous routing. Portions of the route were absorbed into other existing routes. The former routing of M-83 from Bay Port, eastward across the thumb, to Harbor Beach where it met up with US 25 became designated as M-142. The routing has been signed as such ever since.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile^[2]	Roads	Notes
Huron	Bay Port	0.00	M-25	Western terminus
	Bad Axe	19.86	M-53	Western terminus of concurrency
		21.35	M-53	Eastern terminus of concurrency
		24.32	M-19
	Harbor Beach	39.27	M-25	Eastern terminus